Sirian Experiments Report Ambien Five by Lessing Doris (63 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.12.

Hardcover. Condition: Used.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First US Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First American Edition. Tall 8vo. 288 pages. Black cloth. Fine condition but for remainder mark on lower edge of text block. Dustjacket price intact, 1-inch tear/abrasion to top edge of front cover of dj. Third book in the cycle of visionary novels, Canopus in Argos: Archives. ISBN 0394512316; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 288 pages.

First Edition. Owner's name fep and on rear of dust jacket. Dust jacket has tiny closed tear top edge, otherwise VG. In clear protective cover. Size: Large Octavo.

Condition: FINE. First American edition. The third and final book in the Canopus in Argos: Archives series. 288 pp. Fine in a good dustjacket (tape repaired tears to lower edge of front cover of dj.).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: N-Fine. 1st Edition. A square solid tight cleancarefully read copy. The priced jacket has some light soil, light edgewear, a really short closed tear. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition hard cover, in very condition, with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. General shelf and handling wear, including tanning to cover, and creasing and wear to DJ edges, corners and folds. Pageblock tanned. Within, pages are tighty bound, and content is unmarked. CN. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st UK Edition. Only light wear & scuffing to glossy B&W dust jacket ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; Canopus in Argos: Archives #3; 8.60 X 5.40 X 1.20 inches; 288 pages; The Sirian Experiments is a 1980 science fiction novel by Nobel Prize in Literature-winner Doris Lessing. It is the third book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series and continues the story of Earth's evolution, which has been manipulated from the beginning by advanced extraterrestrial civilizations. This book relates directly to the first book in this series, Shikasta which is the history of the planet Shikasta (an allegorical Earth) under the influence of three galactic empires, Canopus, Sirius and their mutual enemy, Puttiora. Shikasta is told from the Canopean viewpoint. The Sirian Experiments (subtitled The Report by Ambien II, of the Five) tells the story of Shikasta from Sirius's point of view and describes their activities on the planet and their strained relations with Canopus. Lessing stated in an afterword in the next book in this series that The Sirian Experiments and The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 were inspired by her 50-year fascination with the ill-fated 1910-13 Antarctic expedition of Robert Falcon Scott.The Sirian Experiments is a 1980 science fiction novel by Nobel Prize in Literature-winner Doris Lessing. It is the third book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series and continues the story of Earth's evolution, which has been manipulated from the beginning by advanced extraterrestrial civilizations. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1981. This book relates directly to the first book in this series, Shikasta which is the history of the planet Shikasta (an allegorical Earth) under the influence of three galactic empires, Canopus, Sirius and their mutual enemy, Puttiora. Shikasta is told from the Canopean viewpoint. The Sirian Experiments (subtitled The Report by Ambien II, of the Five) tells the story of Shikasta from Sirius's point of view and describes their activities on the planet and their strained relations with Canopus. Lessing stated in an afterword in the next book in this series that The Sirian Experiments and The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 were inspired by her 50-year fascination with the ill-fated 1910-13 Antarctic expedition of Robert Falcon Scott.".

Hardcover; First Printing. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. First British edition, a very nice copy with a little toning to the pages in protected DJ. ; Canopus In Argos; 8.6 X 5.4 X 1.2 inches; 304 pages.

Condition: FINE. First American edition. The third and final book in the Canopus in Argos: Archives series. 288 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A tight, clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. GIFT QUALITY First Edition, a very good condition hardcover in a very good condition dust jacket, price present, clean pages.

Hardcover. Reprint. 288 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Unclipped dust wrapper. Fresh copy. Orig. blue cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American edition. Volume three only. Large octavo. 291pp. Black cloth. A fine copy in very good dust jacket; jacket has two one-inch tears on front panel, with faint sticker mark, rear panel has two small tears, else crisp and bright. Third in a series of novels, "Canopus in Argos: Archives." Doris Lessing (born in 1919), British novelist, playwright and poet, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007.

8vo, orig. cloth gilt. A fine copy in fine dustwrapper. The third book in the Canopus in Argos Archives Series.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American edition. Volume three only. Large Octavo. 291pp. Black cloth. A fine copy in fine, bright dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's printed slip laid into book. Third in a series of novels, "Canopus in Argos: Archives." Doris Lessing (born in 1919), British novelist, playwright and poet, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. publisher's complimentary copy. Large octavo, black cloth, 291 pages.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. A few small tears to jacket. ; 1.1 x 9.4 x 6.5 Inches; 288 pages.

Softcover. Condition: VG+. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Very Good+. Uncommon, uncorrected proof for the 3rd book in the Canopus in Argos: Archives series. Book is VG+ with only issue being sunning of the spine. Covers of wrappers still in fine condition, and fine condition internally.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. Owner name on FEP. ; Canopus In Argos--Archives; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. ; Canopus In Argos--Archives; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light foxing on top text block edge. ; 9.4 X 6.5 X 1.1 inches; 288 pages.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Stated First Edition. ; 9.4 X 6.5 X 1.1 inches; 288 pages.

Jonathan Cape, London 1981. First edition. Publishers boards with dustjacket. pages. Nice copy in fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Jonathan Cape 1981 First Edition first impression. Booker prize shortlisted, signed by author to title page. Near Fine with a lean, in Near Fine clipped dustjacket with publisher's price label £6.95, and tiny chips to corners. A handsome clean tight copy which appears to be unread, presented in a clear removable protective sleeve. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcovers. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First US edition, first prnt. Full-cloth with gilt spine lettering. Signed by Lessing on the half-title page. Spine bottom edge cloth minimally rubbed and pushed; dustjacket with beginning toning on flaps' topedges and minimal wear at spine ends. Tight copy in Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Third volume in Lessing's Canapos in Argos: Archives series. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-wrapper with publisher's price-sticker of £6.95. Signed and inscribed by Lessing in April 1981 to Ingmar [Bjorksten] - a Swedish writer who has been connected to the Nobel Prize committee - 26 years before Lessing received the award. An attractive and scarce association copy; In her Canopus in Argos series, Nobel laureate Lessing creates a "space" fiction universe to metaphorically explore spiritual, cultural and social issues. Volume III returns to the planet Shikasta of Vol. I, this time telling the story of human history and evolution from the Sirian perspective, a more bureaucratic and less advanced civilization. Booker Prize shortlisted in 1981; Canopus in Argos: Archives; Vol. 3; 8vo ; [xii], 288, [4] pages; Note: Last two leaves blank ; Signed by Author.

1st edition / 1st printing hardback with dust jacket As New octavo 288pp., Fine copy in price-clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. SIGNED. 288pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Black cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and an embossed title on the front cover. With moderate bumping and rubbing to the extremities. In a dust jacket, with subtle edge wear. A science fiction novel, and the third book in Doris Lessing's cycle, Canopus in Argos: Archives. Signed by Doris Lessing, with the date "17th June 1984," on the half title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine first edition copy signed by Doris Lessing on the half-title page. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding square and tight. Near fine jacket. Slight wear to top of spine and top corners of flaps. Not price-clipped. No tears of any kind. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt stamped to spine. A beautiful first edition copy of the third volume of Lessing's novel sequence Canopus in Argos, signed by the author. Signed by Author(s).